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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unarmed and lightly armed combat is typically the preserve of whom, according to Aristotle?
(a) The young men.
(b) The poor.
(c) The women.
(d) The middle-class.

2. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?
(a) Political authority.
(b) Government money.
(c) Honors.
(d) Resources.

3. Aristotle says that a government will have problems when more of its people are interested in profit than in what?
(a) Honor.
(b) Politics.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Service.

4. What does Aristotle think is the solution to crime?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Education.
(c) Taking part in ruling.
(d) Giving people property.

5. Aristotle says that those who write constitutions are statesmen, philosophers and what?
(a) Laymen.
(b) Professionals.
(c) Elders.
(d) Lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aristotle calls the pool from which oligarchies draw their officials?

2. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?

3. Aristotle believes that a society in which the members choose to obey laws will be what type of society?

4. This type of constitution is not limited by actual conditions and is not required to function in practice.

5. According to Aristotle, the end in a democracy is the best interests of whom?

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